Florida Ready to Work

Florida Ready to Work (FRTW) is a career education and credentialing program focused on providing students with the foundational employability and essential “soft skills” training necessary to excel in technical education/industry certification, college, apprenticeship, and employment. The credentials and corresponding coursework are available to all Miami Dade College current and prospective students.

The Soft Skills Curriculum

To prepare students for internship and employment, the program also provides a new blended online and classroom-based curriculum targeting essential soft skills including:

• Conveying Professionalism –Dependability, courtesy, attitude, motivation, personal accountability, and time management.
• Communicating Effectively – Verbal and nonverbal communication and listening; use of communication tools including email etiquette, cell phone, and social networking; resolving conflict; and acknowledging criticism.
• Promoting Teamwork and Collaboration – Teamwork skills and interactions, benefits of diversity and sensitivity to differences, accepting responsibility, and leadership.
• Thinking Critically and Solving Problems – Innovation, creativity, flexibility, overcoming adversity, goal setting, and critical thinking strategies.